Title :
Enhancement of System Performance in 80Gb/s OTDM systems by using a Vertical Microcavity based Saturable Absorber
Author :
Clarke, A.M. ; Anandarajah, P.M. ; Bramerie, L. ; Guignard, C. ; Massoubre, D. ; Shen, A. ; Oudar, J.L. ; Barry, L.P. ; Simon, J.C.
Author_Institution :
RINCE, School of Electronic Eng., Dublin City University, Ireland
Abstract :
The use of micro-cavity saturable absorber to significantly reduce the pulse pedestals of an optical pulse source is demonstrated. This reduction in pulse pedestal level is shown to greatly improve the performance of these pulses in an 80Gb/s OTDM system.
Keywords :
Flip-flops; Microcavities; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Packaging; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon compounds; System performance;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800941
